Ty Thompson

Ty Thompson (born February 2, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Tulane Green Wave.

High school career
Thompson attended Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Arizona. As a senior in 2020, he passed for 3,431 yards and 34 touchdowns. He won numerous awards that season, including the All-American Bowl Offensive Player of the Year, Maxwell Football Club Offensive Player of the Year, Ed Doherty Award and was the Arizona Gatorade Football Player of the Year. For his high school career, Thompson passed for 9,891 yards with 100 touchdowns and rushed for 1,145 yards with 20 touchdowns. A five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Thompson committed to the University of Oregon to play college football. He was the highest rated quarterback recruit to sign with Oregon.

Oregon
Thompson competed with Anthony Brown for the starting job his true freshman year at Oregon in 2021. Brown won the job, with Thompson appearing in three games as a backup and taking a redshirt. For the season, he completed seven of 15 passes for 87 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. In 2022 he competed with Bo Nix to be starter, with Nix winning the competition. He appeared in seven games as a backup, completing 11 of 20 passes for 72 yards with two interceptions. Thompson returned to Oregon as Nix' backup in 2023. He entered the transfer portal on December 11, 2023.

Tulane
On January 5, 2024, Thompson committed to play for Tulane.